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that this area will some day be a valuable property. At present, Warora 

 has the immense advantage of superior facilities of communication. 



This brings to an end the most important results attained by borings 

 in the Chanda district. I have still to refer to attempts made to find 

 the thick coal, but they are of minor interest, having been unsuccessful. 

 They remain, however, as records, During the earlier operations of proving 

 the extension of the coal measures, several spots for boring were selected 



near the town of Chanda by Mr. Fryar. Under 

 Chanda; no thick coal, his directions the first bore-hole was commenced 



in the beginning of June 1869, close to the south- 

 east corner of the boundary of the Nagina Bagh, north of the native 

 town of Chanda. It was carried down to a depth of 80 feet, and then 

 stopped, as the material bored through continued to be simply stiff sand. 

 A second bore was commenced 230 feet from the first in the direction of 

 the dip of the rocks, about east 15° north, but with no better result 

 A third, about \ of a mile still further to the deep, and near the junction 

 of the Chimmur and Nagpur road, struck 2 thin seams only, of 2" 0" and 

 1' 6", belonging evidently to the lower portion of the measures. A sample 

 from each bed was assayed, and yielded — 



Carbon. Volatile. Ash. 



2'0"bed 47-8 41-0 11-2 



r6' bed 42-7 41-2 16-1 



A fourth boring was made near the dak bungalow, to the west-by- 

 south, and between the bungalow and the Jharpat nala, but it did not 

 reach coal, and was abandoned. Mr. Binnie, however, who put down a 

 hole 500 feet to the east of this, is said to have cut some coal, but it 

 was probably a thin seam like those found in No. 3 of Mr. Fryar's 

 selection. Looking at the appearance of the sandstone near the dak 

 bungalow, one cannot but be struck by its resemblance to the nodular 

 Barakar sandstone below the coal ; but I am not prepared to maintain 

 that it is a member of that group, for its stratigraphical relations are 



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